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What's a Wreck?

A Cake Wreck is any cake that is unintentionally sad, silly, creepy, inappropriate - you name it. A Wreck is not necessarily a poorly-made cake; it's simply one I find funny, for any of a number of reasons. Anyone who has ever smeared frosting on a baked good has made a Wreck at one time or another, so I'm not here to vilify decorators: Cake Wrecks is just about finding the funny in unexpected, sugar-filled places.

Huh! For years and years, I've had it in my head that it was "Ah, there's the rub." Now you tell me that it's "Aye"?? But...but..that sounds so "Popeye"! Oh, well--it's nice to learn something new every now and then!Veddy good job, Sharyn~I toss you a virtual rose! =^~.~^=

When will you open your own shoppe? You could still write part time for Jen & have your own blog as well. Right after reading my daily cake wreck humor I would sit at the feet of your blog to take in parodies of songs, soliloquies, sonnets, oh my.

Thanks for telling us those first two were bees, 'cause I wasn't seeing it. Can someone tell me why they're barfing up pinky-orange gel? I Googled beehive cakes, but none of the results had anything similar.

@ vj & nagzilla : My 6 year-old daughter likes to remind me that honey is "bee vomit" whenever we pull out the honey bear. She knows more about animals than I (from tv), so I'm going to believe her. In that case the wreck is scientifically correct yet disgusting, along the lines of the childbirth cakes, though not nearly as far on the disgusting scale, thank goodness.

Excellent post Sharyn! My brother in law is a thespian extraordinaire here in Hampton Roads, and The Bard is, of course, his favorite. I had to print this out, I know he would never come to the site first, he's going to howl when he reads this tonight!!! Thank you for the laugh, I needed it!

And now there's Bacon. [He] can do anything! I've been monitoring the "who wrote Shakespeare" debate for years, tending to side with the Bacon camp mainly to tease my sister, but ya gotta admit: calling a play Hamlet is a pretty obvious clue.

#1 I see slabs of fondant (?) but it appears to be hollow. Did we forget something, by chance?

#2 Bees do produce honey pretty much by regurgitation (let's get serious -- they don't have hands, so the only other alternative is even worse), but I could do nicely without such a graphic reminder.

#6 Exactly how fast did this cake have to be spun to get that effect? And how long did cleanup take after the 'trial and error' phase? "For the third time, Bevis, slow it down."

#8 "I think we should see other people." I agree -- this was supposed to be a three-hour cruise, but we've been here for years. Sticking around after the others were rescued seemed like a cool idea at the time, but how are we supposed to come up with new gadgets without the Professor? Speaking of, just how did you make that cake, anyway?

#9 Manager's Special level of contempt for customers, maybe -- I'd return that if it was free.

hi jen. you are doing a great job with your blog and keeping me laughing all the way in zimbabwe.keep it uptoday i especially liked the 'i think we should see other people' cake. i feel sorry for the poor soul who received it